Brain image w/flow 4 + views at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$7,871.57
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,871.57
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$283.02 with United vs $7,871.57 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $283.02 | ↓ -96% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $288.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $291.51 | ↓ -96% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $294.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $294.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $294.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $342.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $405.81 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $410.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $434.20 | ↓ -94% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $481.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $494.58 | ↓ -94% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $502.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | ASO | $528.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $528.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | EPO | $528.48 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $535.98 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $535.98 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $535.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $599.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | POS | $682.20 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | PPO | $682.20 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $714.75 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Comm | $892.24 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,023.30 | ↓ -87% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | ↓ -86% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $1,464.11 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $1,495.60 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $1,495.60 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $1,574.31 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,889.18 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,975.76 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $2,755.05 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,912.48 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,912.48 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $3,069.91 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $3,069.91 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $3,164.37 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $3,164.37 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $3,227.34 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $3,384.78 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,542.21 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $3,778.35 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $3,935.78 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $3,935.78 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $3,935.78 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $4,014.50 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $4,171.93 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $4,722.94 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $5,116.52 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $5,116.52 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $5,116.52 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $5,116.52 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $5,824.96 | ↓ -26% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $5,903.68 | ↓ -25% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $5,903.68 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $6,297.26 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,297.26 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $6,297.26 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $7,005.70 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $7,241.84 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $7,871.57 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $288.68 – $599.63 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $767.25 | $314.40 – $951.14 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $767.25 | $314.40 – $951.14 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $1,182.50 | $361.00 – $763.33 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $767.25 | $314.40 – $978.80 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $767.25 | $314.40 – $951.14 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $767.25 | $314.40 – $951.14 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,061.94 | $506.02 – $978.92 |